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  1. There is an entrance to both North West Island and Fitzroy Reef.
  2. I think I would be picking out an area to go to for the day and sound it out fully and mark anything interesting that you see on the sounder. After sounding the area out, go back and have a fish on all the marks that you find. Sound out one area at a time otherwise you just miss finding to much ground around you.
  3. I am good thanks Robbie. I am dying to get back out there though, I am so tired of being house bound at the moment, lol Hopefully it won't be too long and I can start to venture out again, even if just in the bay or the river bank somewhere for a little while.
  4. Nice feed of fish there, especially those Moses. Cracking looking weather out there too.
  5. Sounds like a nice day out anyway Robbie regardless of the fish. in the end. Pics are fine on my pc today but i have had issues before with your pics.
  6. Thanks Brian. I think you may have been the very last AFO'er that I seen before this little issue popped up so I can blame you for it now,lol Hopefully this will see the end of it for a while so a bit of recovery time ahead and then back in to it.
  7. The deep water game is going well mate, still out there till recently when that curb jumped up at me a couple of months ago again. Iv'e just been relased from hospital on Monday night after a 23 day stay and some emergency brain surgery but hopefully things will be all good for a while now and in a couple of months time I will be back out there chasing something in the deepwater along the coast somewhere.
  8. Hey welcome back Henry. It will be good to see you around the place again. I hope the family is well mate.
  9. Yes well that saves you stuffing the measurements up,lol. Iv'e had at least half a dozen customers fit their rod holders at incorrect spacings now and the only way around it is to move the rod holders or build them a new board with leg spacings that fit their rod holders which costs them a lot more in the long run as it becomes a custom build. So far only 1 guy has tried to blame me for his board not fitting his rod holders that he fitted himself, lol
  10. That looks awesome Brian. Good to see that you got the rod holder spacings correct, so many people miss it by this <-> much, lol. As soon as those brackets come back into stock, I will shoot one straight over to you.
  11. Go for it Cam. Pick your weather and you will have no issues at all going the the areas that you mentioned.
  12. If anyone thinks that these are genuine Shimano reels, you will be horribly disappointed when or if they arrive. These are chinese knockoffs and have been floating around for a while now. Also be prepared for customs to sieze them if they suspect them to be Shimano copies.
  13. Nice bag of fish Jon considering the issues you had out there. I imagine Shane's motor had a few hours up on her now, absolute shame but a new repower will be nice, especially for those long range trips.
  14. If your speedo only goes to 80kmh you will need to watch the speed on your GPS to see your proper speed readings. The 0-80 graduations are a maximum reading for that guage so you cannot get any speed readings beyond the 80kmh.
  15. Fishing Hutchies is exactly the same as fishing anywhere offshore so with your years of fishing and boating experience, just go and do it. Comby Point is ok too, just take your time and cross it carefully but most days that you are wanting to head offshore because the weather is good, Comby will be good too.
  16. You may have to download the Navionics Chart Installer program and insert the card into your USB using their dongle to activate and update the card. Once that is done, you should have all the latest chart updates, sonar charts and community edits on your card.
  17. Single axle trailers with an ATM up to 750kg do not need brakes 750kg up to 2000kg need brakes and they can be any type including over run style of brakes. All brake types besides over runs need a brake controller installed inside the car to manually control the trailer if needed. Over an ATM of 2000kg you need a brake away system installed in case you lose the trailer off the coupling or the tow bar brakes. You also need to have the axles, suspension, rims and tyres as well as the towbar and coupling of a suitable size to meet ADR standards. It will depend on final weights and axle spacings as to whether you need a single braked axle or all axles braked. Converting an old trailer to a braked trailer that fully meets ADR Standards is quite an expensive exersize and could very easily cost a few grand depending on the type and quality of brakes you decide to fit so do some serious homework before you buy the boat.
  18. There ya go Robbie, lol http://www.reeltackle.com.au/catalog/Paravanes-437-1.html
  19. All the best Robbie and I hope all goes well for you mate.
  20. Thanks Hweebe Just remember the depths listed for all types of trolling boards and paravanes is determined by how much line you let out and the speed that you tow them. I will get your order out today as well. Thanks Lance
  21. Trolling Boards do work the best but they can be very fiddly to get to swim right where as the steel ones like the Makka's/Hookem's are very easy to use. Makka are no longer producing paravanes or spoons which is why they are now hard to find. Yamashittas work great but again they are very frustrating to use if you do not know how to set them up properly. The ones that I sell work the same as the Yamashittas, Deltas, Yozuri ect but a bit cheaper. Set these up correctly and they are great and you will catch all the Mackerel that you need. Tie the trolling boards on with a decent loop knot and run no less than 7m of trace off the back of the board to your lure and they will swim perfectly. 10m trace seems to work perfectly. Also run them between 25m and 35m behind the boat and keep adjusting the length till you find the fish. If you are the person who likes to turn too tight, don't bother paravaning as you will spend more time untangling them than you will catching fish.
  22. No worries mate. I have already packed the gps into the car as we are off early tomorrow so when i set it up in the boat up there I will grab some for you.
  23. Are you looking for bay marks, if so let me know what area of the bay and I will have a look for you
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